Investigating Possible Neutrino Decay in Long Baseline Experiment Using ICAL as Far end Detector

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential decay of neutrinos in a long baseline experiment using the ICAL detector at INO, highlighting how neutrino decay could significantly reduce muon yields at the detector.

Contribution

It introduces an analysis of neutrino decay effects in a long baseline experiment with a specific focus on the ICAL detector at INO, which is a novel application.

Findings

Significant depletion of muon yield observed for certain decay parameters.

Neutrino decay could impact the detection rates in long baseline experiments.

Provides insights into neutrino decay parameters relevant for future experiments.

Abstract

We investigate the effects of possible decay of neutrinos from a neutrino factory in a long baseline experiment. We consider the neutrinos from a factory at CERN and the detector to be the 50 kTon iron calorimeter (ICAL) detector proposed for India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO). We found considerable depletion of muon yield at INO for certain value of decay parameters.